Foto: KKAre youth feminisms in Latin America in retreat, or are they simply transforming? This question runs through the collective volume co-edited by Camila Ponce Lara. The book brings together ten research studies on activist experiences in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico.
¿Un mar en calma? Continuidades, transformaciones y desafíos de los activismos feministas jóvenes en América Latina (A Calm Sea? Continuities, Transformations and Challenges of Young Feminist Activisms in Latin America), edited by Camila Ponce Lara and Marina Larrondo, has just been published by CLACSO, The Latin American Council of Social Sciences.
The book examines young feminist activisms in the period following the fourth feminist wave, organizing its findings around three axes: the trajectories and internal tensions of these movements; educational spaces as territories of political dispute; and the intersections between youth activism and structures of inequality. Through qualitative methodologies, the studies address topics ranging from the biographical imprints of militant commitment to the emotional repertoires of activists, processes of political socialization, and the emergence of right-wing antifeminist counter-movements, including groups of women who claim a “true empowerment” from conservative frameworks.
Against readings that announce demobilization, the volume argues that feminist struggles are in a state of latency: their networks persist, their identities consolidate, and their political grammars continue to expand. This work is at once a contribution to academic debate and a tool for activists and educators. As a continuation of the volume published in 2019, it confirms the existence of a generation that maintains its transformative conviction and finds in feminisms a compass for navigating the complexities of the present.
The book is in Spanish and available online (open access).
Der Beitrag A Calm Sea? New Book about Feminist Activism in Latin America erschien zuerst auf University of Klagenfurt.